![]() Which is just as well, because things might get frustrating. We’re thrown into a linear sequence of combat arenas where you tend to die a lot, broken up by platforming challenges where you tend to die a lot, but you’re kind of expected to, it’s the Hotline Miami thing where reloading is lightning fast and you can crack off one attempt after another like you’re watching Groundhog Day on fast forward. And funnily enough that’s exactly what it did.īut forget about the plot, the writers did the instant the first draft was turned in, this is a highly gameplay-focussed experience that I would best summarize as “first person Katana Zero.” With some Mirror’s Edge-y parkouring thrown into the mix to keep the wheels turning. has two voices in his earpiece, one a stern taskmaster who keeps downplaying our humanity and advising us not to stop to save civilians because piles of bodies are useful for reaching high shelves, the other a tearful bunny rabbit who dreams with glimmering eyes of a better world for all who asks you to pwease save all their wittle fowest fwiends because it’d be such a shame to waste all the lovely cakes she baked for tea, which of those two characters would you think turns on us before the end? And without wishing to give any more away, I had a mystical premonition halfway through that the ending of the game was going to rip off the ending of Robocop. ![]() And the good thing about Ghostrunner’s plot is that it’s so fucking mind-numbingly predictable it’s virtually impossible to spoil. The plot is, you’re a cyborg ninja in the Cyberpunk future that was being run by an elderly scientist power couple until one of them turned themselves into Doctor Octopus because they were sick of playing Scrabble and watching Midsomer Murders.Īfter being thrown down into the slums which are physically at the bottom of the city because cyberpunk’s never been good at subtle symbolism at the best of times, our hero must journey back up to the top to challenge the villain to a final duel on behalf of all the oppressed citizens and Spider-Man. Still, I can’t fault Ghostrunner’s title for relevance, since it’s a game primarily about running, and making things dead. That last one I made up, but you thought it was real, didn’t you, that’s my point. Rather a generic name, if the word “runner” has been tacked on and there doesn’t seem to be much athletics going on you know you’re dealing with Cyberpunk. Well, to tide you over while you’re waiting, here’s another Cyberpunk game called Ghostrunner. Probably why everyone’s looking forward to Cyberpunk 20 whatever it was, they’re keen to get some practice in before Amazon starts reserving breathable air for Prime subscribers. ![]() Yes, it’ll mean an age of corporate oppression and rampant income inequality, but on the bright side, roller blading might come back. I’ll say one thing for the age in which we live, at least we might finally get that evil cyberpunk future we’ve always dreamed about. We have a new merch store as well! Visit the store for brand new ZP merch.
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